advisory opinion on should they unionize or not due today

· Management and Union Team preentations found in the Paranpto video submitted Saturday).

· Management and Union Team documentation shared in the Week 3 - Organizing Campaign Team Forum (these are submitted Thursday).

Take the employee perspective and issue a Paranpto report that would indicate what the employees would decide based upon the campaigns and presentations submitted by both Management and Union teams, and what specifically was convincing that led to their decisions. Address the following:

· Were you convinced or not?

· What were the major reasons?

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Hello, my name is Lizotte Cruz and I'm a union representative with the Steelworkers Union.

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We hear that Iron City manufacturing workers are tired of receiving little pay increases and lack of training,

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and we want to help make the workplace better for you.

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Management of ICM has not given its workers the proper benefits that they deserve, and through proper negotiation,

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the steelworkers union can negotiate better wages, benefits, working conditions, and just simply having a louder voice for management to notice.

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One of the things we really want to combat is nepotism. Nepotism is a form of favoritism that is given to family members and friends out

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of ICMS leadership team 11 out of the 12 supervisors are related to each other.

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This is a perfect example of nepotism. This gives a little opportunity to the employees who have been with ICM since

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the beginning and who should have been promoted based on their hard work.

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It's not fair to promote people based on relationship rather than hard work, and we hear your concerns with this.

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The company has expanded and employees have received a very little pay increase.

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We would like to negotiate a better performance management system that promotes based on employee performance and not relationship.

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We would also like to negotiate a fair hiring and recruiting process that hires based on experience and skills.

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But this isn't the only thing we want to accomplish with ICN employees.

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My colleague and union representative Larson Miller will be discussing at will

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employment along with other aspects we wish to provide to protect ICN employees.

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We also have two employees from ICM who have joined us and who would like to share their union perspective on the Steelworkers Union.

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Hello, my name is Lisa Miller,

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I am a student from the Steelworkers Union and I'm thrilled to be here to talk with you about job security and protection when you join the union.

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So if you are not part of the union, you need to understand that you are considering every employee.

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So when you are in real management can terminate your employment at any time with no reason.

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So you are at risk. So by joining the union, we will have a contract that management will abide by, for example, IT management want to discipline you.

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There is a due process and there is an investigatory meeting that they must go through.

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And we as a union, we will be there with you, representing you.

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And you may feel that the decision is too harsh. We will dispute management positions.

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Another protection that that when you join the union that you will have is called seniority protection.

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For example, if you've been with a company for 15 years based on your hiring, your seniority will be high.

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So it will come to layoff. Management has to lay off the people who are at the bottom of the seniority list.

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So you are protected that way. However, you are still subject to layoff due to lack of funds or lack of job.

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But when comes the job of management have the job that is available, the similar to the position that you held before,

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they are obligated to contact you, bring you back to the job, and that is what it means by job security and protection when you joined the union.

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So what are you waiting for? Come in, join us.

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We are here to help you with tech. You represent you and me also to protect your family.